ABSTRACT
The tasks that coachees are expected to do between coaching sessions in the service of achieving their development-based objectives or problem-based goals are among the hallmarks of cognitive-behavioural approaches to coaching. Rational emotive behavioural coaching (REBC) theory holds that change involves repeated rehearsal of flexible and non-extreme attitudes while the coachee acts in ways consistent with developing attitudes. This cognitive-behavioural practice needs to occur while the coachee faces the adversity implicated in their emotional problem. The regular negotiation and review of homework tasks constitute the rational emotive behaviour (REB) coach's best methods of helping the coachee to implement this REBC view of change and to solve their emotional problem(s). Skilled REB coaches will help their coachees choose the most acceptable language for homework tasks. One way in which coaches can convey the importance of homework tasks in the REB coaching process is to begin the following coaching session by reviewing the coachee's negotiated homework task.
